dismal the better.

Like, it hurts him more than it hurts you.

--imm

there are more democratic people who work harder, longer hours than there are Republicans. The 20th century was all about creating jobs that were not so dangerous, dismal and poorly paid in the West. Poor countries in the world are just beginning to regulate properly. Why does Koch want to undo needed regulation? So he can make another billion? Oh really? Does he need it? He must be sadistic or something.

He should not wield this kind of power and authority, he should be seeking treatment for his money addiction.

What they are doing is terrorism and downright treasonous. They should be behind bars.

"Most Americans understand that taking a job and sticking with it, no matter how unpleasant or low-paying, is a vital step toward the American dream,"

If stated "Many Americans believe", then it would be closer to true. Unpleasant and low paying jobs are simply not a step toward the "American Dream". They are dead ends and intentionally so. The difference between them and a complete waste of time is that you get to eat more predictably. They are not, in any sense, a rung on the ladder that you step up from. They are an abusive waste of time from which if you are either lucky or privileged, you can escape. Any notions to the contrary are delusional.

I say this having worked my way through college doing such jobs for 12 years. No, not one of them helped me get through college, Pell grants did that. The jobs were necessary to have a roof over my head and regular meals, but overall took a 4 year process and made me stretch it to 12. I work for people younger than me because they graduated first.

This stuff is only suitable for fertilizing tomatoes.

Toiling in menial jobs can develop character and self-pride. However, you have to make enough money in those jobs to eat, to live, to survive. When I was in grade school in the early 60s, a school chum's dad was the janitor and handiman. He took pride in his job and the fact he earned enough to rent a decent home, feed his family, all without his wife having to work. I don't know that janitors could do the same today and I don't think Mr. Koch has the faintest idea as to how hard it is to make ends meet for low income people in the present day, even with social programs to help them out.

when she was in her teens. She worked her *** off. Her father was very, very impressed with how hard she worked. He took her aside and complimented her. It meant the world to her because he was a hard rock miner. She remembered it 85 years later.

There is dignity in hard work. It feels good. But people should not have their rights taken away so some ***hole can make another billion. The regulations are there for a reason. What is the reason for the Koch brothers getting rid of regulation? So people can feel they are working hard? Because to take a lunch break when you are in a field would mean you are somehow demeaned? That seems to be the argument here.